Lean in Software Development

Dit artikel is een beknopte inleiding op een verhelderende presentatie van de hand van John P. Vajda, genaamd ‘Lean Software Development Principles’. Onderaan dit artikel vindt u een link naar de volledige presentatie.

De presentatie is in het Engels, derhalve is de introductie hieronder ook in het Engels. De presentatie bestaat uit 3 onderdelen:

• A Lean History
• The 7 Principles of Lean
• The 22 Tools of Lean

 A Lean History

• Lean is a manufacturing & production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.
• "value" is defined as any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for.
• Lean is centered around preserving value with less work.
• Lean manufacturing is based on optimizing flow, increasing efficiency, decreasing waste, and using empirical methods to decide what matters, rather than uncritically accepting pre-existing ideas
• Toyota was a leader in implementing lean practices in the 80s

The Seven Principles of Lean Thinking:  + 22 Tools

• Eliminate Waste
• Amplify Learning
• Decide as Late as Possible
• Deliver as Fast as Possible
• Empower the Team
• Build Integrity In
• See the Whole

The Seven Principles: Eliminate Waste

What is waste?

• Anything that doesn’t add value (as perceived by the customer) to the product
• Unnecessary code or functionality
• Unclear requirements
• Slow internal communications or processes
• Bureaucracy

Tools 1:  Learn to see waste

Meer weten? Bekijk de volledige presentatie op Slideshare.net: Lean Software Development Principles